[nagdu] Request for Reasonable Accommodation

[Tami Kinney]

Sheila,

Well, the confusion comes because of the differences between the ADA and 
the Fair Housing Act, which covers housing but not places of public 
accommodation or employment or...

So puppy Zay, as DD's new companion dog, has nothing to do with the ADA 
but because of his prior "prescription" in the form of a letter from his 
doctor is covered for reasonable accommodation for housing. This does 
not mean he can take her into the grocery store or stuff like that, 
where Mitzi goes to do her work as a service dog.

Mitzi and Zay then can be said to be equal in terms of housing under the 
FHA... It is only in places of public accommodation outside our home 
that the difference becomes legally relevant because of my disability 
and Mitzi's training to do work for me.

For that matter, DD could not up and take Mitzi into a store with him 
because he is not disabled. I am the one who has the rights with her. 
And, of course, the responsibilities that go with those rights: Her good 
health, cleaninliness, flea protection and good behavior.

But both of them can legally live with us.

Does that make any sense? /grin/

Tami

On 12/05/2011 04:22 PM, Sheila Leigland wrote:
> I don't think that a companion dog has the same exact rights as a guide dog does but if the dog is needed and the doctor agrees i wouldn't believe thair should be a problem.
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